Samuel Johnson L.L.D.

Sir J. Reynolds, pinxt. Heath, sculp. Published by Longman & Co. June 10th. 1805. Stipple. Plate 241 x 159mm. 9½ x 6¼". Dr. Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 - 13 December 1784) was an English author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist, he made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, novelist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and political conservative, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
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